Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

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One night, Anguirus, along with Varan and Baragon emerged on the coasts of Los Angeles, but all were escaping out of desperate fears that were obvious even from the viewpoint of mankind. Another gigantic monster appeared and followed the three; this was the first official visual confirmation of Godzilla to humanity. Does all of this sound tired and naïve? Yeah? Heard it all before? Yes, I have, too, and for decades of reading and activism. But it's all we have, I think. Do I think Big Biz or Government will change in any fundamental way? No. So we must act locally. Or what’s your alternative? Maybe reading Solnit will help. {update; I see some small signs about ending deforestation many countries seem to be signing on to in Glasgow. And making some small moves to reduce carbon emissions. But to sign a piece of paper and actually do something are two different things. Talk is cheap. Politicians's talk is cheaper.] Later, an increasing number of missing vessels were reported, including a nuclear submarine of the US Army. Frequent occurrences of unidentified underwater eruption-like phenomenon were reported, reports of "horizontal lighting" and "mysterious lights" gradually moving east and approaching the continent of North America were spoken of, and reports of corpses of monsters had been recorded in the Pacific Ocean. Vessels reporting the above-mentioned reports also disappeared.

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Godzilla Earth then made his true appearance, shortly after Godzilla Filius fell. He blindsided everyone involved with the prior operation, as he appeared from underneath a nearby mountain, with his very arrival destroying much of the operation's remaining equipment.In the years following, a detailed plan to destroy the monster was presented in a meeting on the Aratrum, with Haruo detailing a potential weakness in his shielding, which could be used to destroy him. Here, Godzilla's regeneration was also brought up. The idea of the monster multiplying in the time since humanity left the planet was also established. An idea that, while initially dismissed, turned out to be true.

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In the Planet of the Monsters novelization, Metphies revealed that "Godzillas are rather ubiquitous beings on a universal scale" than being unique organisms on Earth, and would be devoured by their deity. Metphies noted that it was a common fate for advanced civilizations to meet their ends by Godzilla, and the Exif have seen such cases on "countless other planets". So, you probably think you don't want to read this book or this review, because it is about bad news you maybe think you already know, and will include not enough good--or really new--news about imminent solutions. But I'll tell you: It's well written and important, from the world's premier climate change writer. This Godzilla, much like the ones from the 2014 film, Godzilla and the 2016 film, Shin Godzilla, features a new, revamped origin; originating from plant-based lifeforms, he is said to be the "end result of natural selection on Earth", and has gone on to live and dominate the planet for 20,000 years. [6]The idea of humanity regarding Godzilla, and the monsters alongside him as the Beasts of Revelation and forming cults in their presence is similar to that of 2013's Pacific Rim, and some subtle elements present in 2016's Shin Godzilla. Godzilla would then fall silent once more, standing tall in the wilderness as time passed, and spring arrived. As Haruo once more made his way to Godzilla in the last remaining Vulture, Yuko in tow, with a suicidal intent, Godzilla would fire an atomic blast at the nanometallic creation, destroying it, and killing Haruo and Yuko in the process. In this act, Godzilla had finally put an end to mankind's resistance against him. Those humans still left had assimilated with the Houtua, who accepted the necessity of living alongside Godzilla, hating him no more than a storm or other natural disaster. For better or worse, Godzilla was left to rule the world unopposed. The name "Godzilla" is a transliteration of Gojira (ゴジラ ?), a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ ?), meaning "gorilla", and kujira (鯨 or クジラ), meaning "whale". Multi-layered, physaliformed skin enables Godzilla to regenerate new skins near instantly, even if older skin is incinerated or becomes plasma due to several hundred, or even several thousand nuclear bombings, making Godzilla essentially immune to conventional weaponry. Read Rebecca Solnit on various ways people respond in crisis; yes, there is always great greed and selfishness, but there is also charity, creativity, resourcefulness. Savage Dreams: A Journey into the Hidden Wars of the American West, and Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, which I am going to read soon, because it is about hope.

Eaarth, by Bill McKibben

There is no denying now: Global Warming is now happening. This planet we are living in is no longer the same planet our grandparents or even parents lived in. This explains the extra "a" in the title. It is up to our generation to make sure that we will not be handing this over to our children in worst state. We must act now. the first section about the severity of the problem is great. the later sections on organico-optimism are not. Bill almost reaches an actual economic critique when he questions the future of "growth" (which is, of course, uncritically defined as increases in GDP), then sullies it with some weird austerity fetishism. I suppose it's better than techno-boosterism, at least. Being scared is not an effective emotion for me and much of what this book did was paralyze me. Made me question why I do ANYTHING environmental if the earth as we know it is dying anyway. Guilt rather than gratefulness began to reside in me. Take heed to this plea from Barbara Kingsolver: "Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important."Differences in his design boil down to the dorsal plates being much more spiky and frayed in appearance, almost looking like a hybrid between the 2014 and 2016 designs for Godzilla's dorsal spines. The statue for this design depicts them as much more leaf-like in aesthetic, even possessing veins, further solidifying his origin from plant-based organisms. Said dorsal plates run all the way down to his tail.

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He also calls for localism, where we do indeed produce and consume locally. And surprisingly he also has some very useful ideas and examples of how the Internet can be useful for the type of changes we need to make. Did we listen? Well, some of us did. But most of humanity continues to trundle on towards the harsher world we're making for ourselves. Ten years, it's been, since this book was published. It's an alarm bell of a book, one that I'd read in excerpt but never in its entirety. I did the full read through as research for a manuscript I'm working on, and Jeez, it's a hard read. Mothra's scales were once able to deflect Godzilla's beam in a manner similar to the late Ghidorah. Godzilla would attempt to burn Ghidorah, giving off similar temperatures to those seen during Mechagodzilla City's fall, however, Ghidorah would simply begin to absorb the heat, and then begin to freeze the monster, raising him off the ground in the process.

The trio, using their Vultures would attempt a divebomb against Godzilla, trying to push him into utilizing an atomic breath blast to fully overload him and kill him. The heat would prevent this, however, and an alternative was planned, with the three Vultures intending to be used as impromptu spears through the use of speed and momentum.